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| Alex with his fancy dinner rolls. As can be seen by the identification number 10 (top right), Alex was my 10th customer. His sister Holly also made a batch of rolls. |
Just a quick note to say that the day went well - I was told the fair had been a resounding success and that mine had been the busiest stall of them all - out of about 15-20 stalls altogether.
I had a total of 25 customers: one was a real expert, one or two had made bread before and several had breadmaking machines - but mostly they were complete beginners. They were of all ages from 3 to over 80 and there was a 50-50 split between women and men.
I gave them a choice of a simple, quick soda bread, which would take about 15 minutes, or a batch of fancy dinner rolls or freeform shapes, which would be ready after about 30 minutes. Once again the choice was half and half.
The recipes we were following:
Soda bread
1 mug self raising flour (this contains the right amount of raising agent)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3rd mug water
(Cost around 5p)
Bread rolls
1 mug strong bread flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3rd mug water
1 dessertspoon fresh yeast (this is a lot, I know, but it meant the bread rose quickly)
(Cost 9 or 10p)
